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Post by Icestar on Jun 20, 2016 9:06:36 GMT -5
Option 1- 2 more before we continue Option 2- 1 more before we continue Option 3- 2 more before we continue
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Post by Icestar on Jun 20, 2016 11:43:39 GMT -5
You make your decision. Of course you'll ask all of them, but tomorow morning you will talk to your mother. She is the closest to both of you out of everyone in camp so she would have to know something about how Ripplepaw is going. You smile and pad over to your nest. The next morning, you make your way to Thorntail and Swallowfrost, redress their wounds, and walk up to Minnowstar in the clearing, who is organizing patrols.
"Minnowstar, may I talk to Dawncloud this morning? She can still go on an afternoon patrol." Minnowstar tips his head in surprise, but agrees to your request. You take Dawncloud out to a moss patch outside of camp and sit down with her.
"Dawncloud," you begin, "Have you noticed anything about Ripplepaw?" Dawncloud smiles.
"Why yes. She's doing very well in training. She is a master fighter, and a pretty good hunter too! Thorntail has told me nothing but good things about her progress." You nod.
"That's what I heard too. Did you see how well she did in the battle?" Dawncloud's expression drops.
"Uh...of course I did! She fought brilliantly, just as she did in training!" Your eyes narrow, you found something.
"Dawncloud, your not a very good lier." You meow darkly.
"Did you really see her do that well?" Dawncloud lets out a breath.
"Whatever would make you think I was lying? You checked her for wounds didn't you? Did she have any?" You shake your head.
"No, but nor did many cats, yourself included, so it doesn't say much other than that Thunderclan lost by a lot. Now tell me, how well did she really do?" Dawncloud lets her head fall.
"I...I don't know." You draw back in shock.
"You don't know? How? You were in the same patrol!" Dawncloud looks at you, her eyes sad.
"She has become more distant from me, and everyone it seems, in this past moon, but of course I still wanted with all my heart to watch over her and protect her if needed in the battle. We lined up in the trees and hid while the first patrol attacked Thunderclan's evening patrol. One of the apprentices in that patrol was yelled at, I assume by his mentor, to get help, and the apprentice ran. Then we joined the battle. As we had intended, Thunderclan only brought enough to defeat the first patrol, and we wouldn't let them get more cats. Ripplepaw ran out with us, and as I went to fight beside her against the four cats that were there. When Thunderclan's help arrived, Whitefire, she was made a warrior about 3 moons ago, and her apprentice Arrowpaw, ran up to us. Whitefire got there first, and attacked me, and I saw through the corner of my eye that Arrowpaw was still coming for Ripplepaw. I slashed at Whitefire and hissed, we fought for roughly a minute before I had pinned her and hissed at her to surrender. She left and I turned my attention back to Ripplepaw...but...she wasn't there. Mind you, neither was Arrowpaw. I figured they must have fought and moved on, and from her lack of wounds I guess she won! I'm so proud of her. Anyway, I went on with the battle, and soon enough we had won. I didn't see Ripplepaw again though, and when she came out of the battle unscathed, I figured she didn't want or need my protection." You nod.
"Thank you for telling me this Dawncloud." She smiles.
"I'm glad I did. Goodbye Stormpaw!" She gets up and goes back to camp. So you learned some things from Dawncloud, but you still don't quite know what is wrong with Ripplepaw. From what Dawnclohd told you, the only reason she could be even disappointed was that Dawncloud was treating her like a kit who needed constant protection, and that stopped. You need more information. Who should you talk to next?
What do you do?
1.) Talk to Thorntail 2.) Talk to Redpaw and Lilypaw
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Post by Icestar on Jun 20, 2016 14:33:24 GMT -5
Option 1- 1 more before we continue Option 2- 2 more before we continue
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Post by DimStar on Jun 20, 2016 16:36:27 GMT -5
Just letting you know, There's a typo in there,"She has become more didn't from me,"
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Post by DimStar on Jun 20, 2016 16:37:51 GMT -5
Also just from that testimony I have a pretty good idea what's going down)
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Post by Icestar on Jun 20, 2016 16:59:06 GMT -5
Thank you for the correction
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Post by Icestar on Jun 21, 2016 23:27:40 GMT -5
(By the way, you chose talk to Thorntail next, making the apprentices last by default. Because of this, I will be doing both interrogations in this one post.)
You decide to talk to Thorntail next. The apprentices will be training anyway. You walk back to camp and into the medicine cat's den. Sparrowfrost is asleep so you sit down beside Thorntail, noticing in the back of your mind that Brambleberry isn't here.
"Thorntail," you meow quietly. "I'd like to ask you about Ripplepaw. How is she doing in training?" He thinks for a moment.
"She fights very well, that is, she learns moves quickly, although hasn't much strength in her muscles yet. It makes sense, as she is still young, but even the older apprentices can beat her. In a moon or two though, she will probably be able to beat most warriors, even me eventually. She hunts well too. Why do you ask?" You pause.
"Uh...no reason. About the battle though, how did it go? I heard about it up until Thunderclan brought reinforcements. Could you start there?" He nods.
"As the head of the patrol, as well as deputy, I needed to be with Minnowstar trying to get as far up the rock as possible, so I didn't see many small skirmishes besides my own. After a lot of fighting with various Thunderclan warriors while making my way up the rocks, I was attacked by Thunderclan's deputy, Aspenclaw, where I got this scratch. I finished him off after about two to three minutes or so, and raced to the top of the rock, Minnowstar following close behind. We had, at this point, sent half of Thunderclan running, and our warriors were climbing up, filling the space on the rocks and towering over the Riverclan cats. I looked back and saw the cats lining up behind me. Among them was Ripplepaw, if you're wondering. Anyway, the battle ended and I went back to camp with the rest of the clan." You nod.
"Ok. Thank you Thorntail." You pad away. You didn't learn much new information about the battle, but you heard more about Ripplepaw's training. Now only Redpaw and Lilypaw were left. You ask Minnowstar where they are, and it turns out they are out hunting with their mentors, so you decide to wait. Before you leave though, Minnowstar stops you.
"Stormpaw, before you go...have you seen Ripplepaw? I was going to give her a temporary mentor in light of Thorntail's injury, but I didn't see her in the group with the other warriors and apprentices when I was sending out patrols this morning. I saw you ate with her last night at the feast. Do you know where she went?" You think quickly, remembering you decided to keep the rest of the clan out of this.
"I asked her to help me. She did want to be a medicine cat first, and I needed some help anyway with taking care of the wounded warriors." Minnowstar nods, looking relived.
"Good. It was a nice idea, just tell me next time you would like to do something like this, and please allow Ripplepaw to return to her warrior training tomorrow." You nod.
"Of course." You walk out and back into your den, sorting herbs without Brambleberry while waiting for the apprentices to come back. As the sun is beginning to come down, Redpaw and Lilypaw walk into camp, followed closely by their mentors, Petalbreeze and Splashheart. You rush up to them, with Minnowstar joining you.
"Petalbreeze, Splashheart, may I speak to you both in my den?" he asks calmly. They both agree and follow him, leaving you with Redpaw and Lilypaw.
"I'd like to reapply the poultices if you don't mind." They nod and follow you into the medicine cat den. You treat Lilypaw's bite and Redpaws scratches before speaking again.
"Excuse me, but may I ask you both some questions?" They glance at each other, then Redpaw shrugs.
"I don't see why not." he meows. You smile.
"Thank you. I'd like to ask you about..." You think. You already heard from Thorntail about how Ripplepaw was doing in training regarding them, and you didn't want to get them thinking to much about her.
"...the battle. How did it go?" Lilypaw steps forward.
"Well, I was in the first patrol. We walked up behind Minnowstar up the rock as the Thunderclan patrol came by. The first part of the fight went by pretty easily, since we were only fighting four cats. When the rest of Thunderclan came, it was a little harder. Petalbreeze and I fought against warrior after warrior, but always only one at a time. Near the end of the battle though, we fought against two warriors, where I got this bite. We still fought them off though, and raced as high up the rocks as we could get. Petalbreeze almost fell off one, and scraped her pads. Then the battle was over." You inwardly sigh. 'That was such a detailed description Lilypaw. Thank you.' you think with sarcasm.
"What about you Redpaw?" you meow out loud.
"I was in the second patrol. We waited in the bushes-" he begins.
"Actually, oh I'm sorry, I don't mean to interupt, but I know what the second patrol did up until Thunderclan's warriors arrived. Could you start there." Redpaw nods.
"No problem. So I stuck with Splashheart the whole time, and we took on one warrior at a time together, just like Lilypaw and Petalbreeze. We only had to face two warriors right at the beginning, when I got these scratches. For the rest of the battle we fought one warrior at a time until the end, when we ran to stand behind the clan at the top of the rocks and told Riverclan to shoo. It was really fun!" You hold back a comment. 'I didn't think it would be possible to top Lilypaw's level of detail, but he did it.' you think to yourself.
"Thank you both. You can go check with your mentors now." They nod and scamper off. Well...you learned something from that, you're sure. Maybe about how generic apprentice battles go or something. Now that you've questioned all the available sources, you need to figure out what each one told you, starting with Dawncloud. What piece of information was the most important to take away from her testimony?
(No voting this time. You can post here instead of pm-ing for this one. Just keep guessing and I'll say when someone got it right, at which point we will continue with Thorntail, then Lilypaw and Redpaw.)
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Post by Vashey~ on Jun 21, 2016 23:41:35 GMT -5
Ripplepaw seemed to be absent during the battle, though whether or not she fought Arrowpaw before going MIA is unclear.
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Post by Icestar on Jun 22, 2016 9:24:40 GMT -5
I'll take it, although from Dawncloud's testimony we can only for sure conclude that she wasn't with her designated partner for the battle like Lilypaw and Redpaw were.
Up next is Thorntail. What was the key piece of information we learned from his testimony?
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Post by Vashey~ on Jun 22, 2016 9:34:50 GMT -5
Where did it day they were designated partners? I must have missed it.
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Post by Vashey~ on Jun 22, 2016 9:41:06 GMT -5
The only things that stood out to me were that she learns moves well, but doesn't have the raw strength to best many opponents, and that she was accounted for at the end of the battle in the line behind thorntail...
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Post by Icestar on Jun 22, 2016 9:50:38 GMT -5
It didn't, And they weren't, but each apprentice is supposed to stick with a warrior, preferably their mentor, but in light of Thorntail being he deputy, her mother. I didn't mention that before looking back and I apologize.
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Post by DimStar on Jun 22, 2016 10:53:05 GMT -5
May I bring my thoughts out into the open?
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Post by Icestar on Jun 22, 2016 11:39:17 GMT -5
Of course!
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Post by DimStar on Jun 22, 2016 14:12:33 GMT -5
Okay so, First of all. Here are the 4 clues as of my thoughts. 1.)Just...just go back to ignoring me. This night shouldn't have changed anything besides who Sunningrocks belongs to. Just...please...pretend we didn't talk at all." -Discovered when problem was, Right after the fight. Happened the night during the sunningrocks battle. -Troubled discovered this
2.)"She fights very well, that is, she learns moves quickly, -From this we learn that she's an excellent fighter, she shouldn't have a reason to not fight.
3.)ArrowPaw SHOULD be around the same age if not a little older then RipplePaw -Possible attraction between them.
4.) Maybe about how generic apprentice battles go or something. -Gives us something to compare her actions with.
So, Looking at all of these I would say that it isn't out of the question that she happens to have befriended ArrowPaw, Or maybe even fallen in love. I'm leaning more towards the latter due to the simple fact that she is trying to hide the friendship/relationship.
Along with that, it's clear from how she was acting. Eg."N...nothing. You're right Stormpaw. I haven't done anything. Now, you really should be getting back to the feast. And don't worry about me. I can see it in your eyes. You know what I'm going to do. Just don't come after me like you did last time. You got the whole clan to be worried about me. I don't need them to be worried about me. I don't want them to be worried about me. Just...just go back to ignoring me. This night shouldn't have changed anything besides who Sunningrocks belongs to. Just...please...pretend we didn't talk at all." And then she ran off.
But I pose a question, It's clear she didn't take part in battle, which I don't have any issue in. But her running into ArrowPaw was just to specific to deny.
TLDR; RipplePaw didn't go into the fight, She ran off with ArrowPaw to do..whatever. I believe she likes him.
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Post by Vashey~ on Jun 22, 2016 14:23:10 GMT -5
I think number two could use some revision. If you read a little further it says she still loses most skirmishes because she doesn't have any raw strength built up. plus, she is a new apprentice, and it's her first battle, I better question would be if she was scared or unable to fight efficiently, why not stick with her mother? And over all, while there is a slight chance there is some kind of relationship between the two apprentices, it just doesn't seem like it's what's going on here. I mean in the middle of a battle? Run off with the enemy? I think a more likely reaction is for both to avoid fighting each other and avoid contact entirely. I also couldn't really call her fighting Arrowpaw specific, do we even know Arrowpaw's gender? Plus I think the problem happened closer to during the battle, if it was after the battle then your statement that her meeting arrowpaw was the problem doesn't really line up at all. Plus, she was accounted for at the end of the battle so I don't really think her problem happened "after the battle" per say, as she would be heading home with the clan afterwards.
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Post by Icestar on Jun 22, 2016 15:59:51 GMT -5
Vashey was right on the mark, I'll start writing the confrontation with Ripplepaw next.
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Post by DimStar on Jun 22, 2016 16:03:11 GMT -5
I was going off the assumption ArrowPaw was a Tom, After all..What she-cat would be named something like ArrowPaw? It doesn't fit In my opinion
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Post by DimStar on Jun 22, 2016 16:03:23 GMT -5
Oh
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Post by Vashey~ on Jun 22, 2016 16:04:50 GMT -5
Wait, did we already put forth the information from the other two apprentices? Was it that apprentices are supposed to stick with warriors or was it something we missed?
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